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Destinations in the 6th: St-Germain, Luxembourg

• Bread and Roses

  (Monday, 27 December 2010)

  And then some! Bread and Roses is a hip, exceptional bakery that is now open in the tony St.-Honoré neighborhood in Paris, next to Hermès and a short walk from L'Eclaireur, Buddha Bar and Hôtel de Crillon.

• Cafe Bonaparte: Saint-Germain-des-Pres

  (Friday, 01 July 2011)

  Less touristy that its more famous neighbors (Les Deux Magots and Café Flore), Le Bonaparte at Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés, like most Parisian cafes, is a place to socialize and super for people-watching.

• Cafe de Flore

  (Wednesday, 29 June 2011)

  The Café de Flore, at the corner of the boulevard Saint Germain and rue St. Benoit, has long been celebrated for its intellectual clientele—Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, and other famous thinkers of the 1940s and 1950s.

   

• Eglise St Sulpice

  (Friday, 25 July 2008)

  Eglise St Sulpice

  Featured in Dan Brown’s mystery novel The Da Vinci Code, Saint Sulpice Church is the second largest in the city (after Notre Dame de Paris). Where the church now stands is actually the second building‑the original was Romanesque, built in the 13th century, and the present church was founded in 1646.

   

• La Fontaine Medicis

  (Sunday, 06 July 2008)

  The Médicis Fountain

   

  La Fontaine Médicis might be the most romantic fountain in all of Paris, and it's also one of the remaining decorations of Italian-born Queen of France, Marie de Médicis.

   

• Les Deux Magots

  (Saturday, 11 July 2009)

  Established in 1885, this café may attract more tourists than literati these days, but it first became famous as the hangout of Sartre, Hemingway, and others.

• Luxembourg Garden

  (Friday, 01 July 2011)

  (Jardin du Luxembourg)

   

  This 55-acre garden is the property of the French Senate, which meets in the Luxembourg Palace. Take a stroll to enjoy its many fountains and statues. Its brilliant flowers beds are completely changed three times a year.

   

   

• St-Germain-des-Prés

  (Sunday, 01 June 2008)

  This is the neighborhood that, if you are French, you dream to live in, and if you are a tourist, this is the neighborhood that you come to stroll in and take in a cup of coffee at a street-side cafe.

  
  

• The Church of St. Germain des Pres

  (Friday, 04 July 2008)

  (Église de Saint-Germain-des-Prés)

   

  Once the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the Église de Saint-Germain-des-Prés is the oldest church in Paris. Built in the sixth century by Childebert I of Spain, it stands in the most charming Left Bank neighborhood in Paris—Saint Germain des Prés.

   

• The Highlander

  (Saturday, 25 July 2009)

  A Scottish bar at the end of Pont Neuf, The Highlander offers a relaxed and friendly environment to unwind and get a few drinks after a day of walking the city. The bartenders are all native English speakers and very friendly, and with several drink specials per night, the prices are cheap even after happy hour ends.

   

• The Raspail Organic Market

  (Monday, 08 March 2010)

  (Le Marché Raspail)

   

  Each Sunday between 8:30 in the morning and 2:30 in the afternoon, BonjourParis recommends you join the shoppers dragging the chariots (shopping carts) and shopping bags and follow the throng for their weekly trek for a fix of organic products. People come from all over Paris to make their purchases and enjoy the scene. Don’t faint if you spot actresses Catherine Deneuve or Juliette Binoche trying to shop incognito.